UPPER MERION — Site plans for a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant on West DeKalb Pike were reviewed by the Board of Supervisors Thursday night.

The proposed 6,729-square-foot restaurant, along with a retail store, will replace the existing Exxon gas station and convenience store at 620 W. DeKalb Pike. The plans include 27 parking spaces on the 0.59-acre site.

Upper Merion planner Robert Loeper said the Upper Merion Planning Commission reviewed the Chipotle site plans on Wednesday with a favorable recommendation. The plans may be reviewed by the commission again at the Feb. 13 meeting, Loeper said.

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Under the submitted plan, parking will be at the rear of the site, the building will include an AT&T store and there will be a right-in, right-out driveway on Allendale Road, which was requested by the board.

Supervisor William Jenaway said that the applicant has been willing to accept suggestions from the planning commission.

“I think it is great that we are looking at this progressively,” said Supervisor Erika Spott.

Resident Jim Cook asked if the retail space had been already been rented out, and the developer, Hector Vinas, replied it had.

The site plans will come up for a final vote by the board at a future meeting.

In other business Thursday, the board reviewed site plans to build a 3,700-square-foot Shake Shack restaurant at the former Wells Fargo Bank on Mall Boulevard in the King of Prussia Mall. The developer, King of Prussia Associates, plans to demolish the bank building.

“The plan has been revised since it was submitted,” Loeper said. “There will not be a drive thru. They tend to be an environmentally friendly building. We are treating this as a minor plan.”

Supervisors’ Chairman Greg Waks said the board wanted to have pedestrian connections from the parking lot to the restaurant.

There will be outdoor seating for 50 patrons.

Board members also requested traffic-calming devices in the mall parking lot and asked the developer to return in two weeks with a revised plan.